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Published inNov 2023
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ISBN-139781805123026
Edition5th Edition
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Shaun is a lecturer at Technological University Dublin. He is currently teaching on the BA (Hons) in Creative Digital Media where he is lead in the delivery of the Multimedia Stream. He is currently exploring serious games for construction-related training as well as the opportunities transmedia provides in improving user experience and engagement in cultural archive artifacts. His educational research is currently driven by his interest in self-determined learning (heutagogy), rhizomatic learning theory, micro-credentialing /digital badging, and curriculum development.
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Sinead Murphy is currently Data Analytics Manager for the Irish NGO Trocaire. She has over 25 years of computing experience, including freelance IT training and database consulting, university lecturing in mathematics, IT skills and programming at TU Dublin (Ireland) and Middlesex University (London). She is a published academic, with undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in mathematics, computing and data science. She is passionate about the use of IT for understanding and visualising data, and using that understanding to make meaningful differences in the world. She is currently exploring the use of Python and Unity for data analytics and interactive visualisations.
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Deploying the Third Person Character Controller Starter project for an Android device

In this recipe, you’ll add the Unity Third Person Character Controller Starter project, configure it for mobile, and then build and run the game on an Android device attached to your computer with a USB cable.

Other ways to get Android APK application files onto a device are explored in the There’s more… section of this recipe.

Figure 16.8: Third-Person Playground scene running on an Android mobile device

Getting ready

Before starting this recipe, ensure you have completed the first recipe in this chapter: Setting up your system for Android mobile app development.

How to do it...

To deploy the Third Person Controller Starter project for an Android device, perform the following steps:

  1. Create a new Unity 3D project.
  2. Open a web browser tab to the Unity Asset Store, by choosing Asset menu: Window | Asset Store.
  3. Search for the...
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Shaun Ferns

Shaun is a lecturer at Technological University Dublin. He is currently teaching on the BA (Hons) in Creative Digital Media where he is lead in the delivery of the Multimedia Stream. He is currently exploring serious games for construction-related training as well as the opportunities transmedia provides in improving user experience and engagement in cultural archive artifacts. His educational research is currently driven by his interest in self-determined learning (heutagogy), rhizomatic learning theory, micro-credentialing /digital badging, and curriculum development.
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Sinéad Murphy

Sinead Murphy is currently Data Analytics Manager for the Irish NGO Trocaire. She has over 25 years of computing experience, including freelance IT training and database consulting, university lecturing in mathematics, IT skills and programming at TU Dublin (Ireland) and Middlesex University (London). She is a published academic, with undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in mathematics, computing and data science. She is passionate about the use of IT for understanding and visualising data, and using that understanding to make meaningful differences in the world. She is currently exploring the use of Python and Unity for data analytics and interactive visualisations.
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